Kitchen-cabinet



L t e e h, S S t e e S 2 E N I L nu B A d 0 M 0 W KITCHEN CABINET.

No. 535,977 Patented Mar. 19, 1895;

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' UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE. I

JOHN B. CLINE, OF JEFFERSON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ISAAC SILBAUGH,

OF GREENE COUNTY, IOWA.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,977, dated March 19, 1895.

Application filed September Zfl, 1894-.- Serial No. 523,938. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. CLINE, of J efferson,county of Greene, and State of Iowa,have invented, a new and useful Improvement in Kitchen-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of myinvention is to provide a kitchen cabinet, in which will be combined convenience, availability of space and simro plicity, to which end I have adopted a novel construction and arrangement of drawers, shelves, compartments and the other accessories to kitchen cabinets, which will be fully described in the specification, and the novel :5 features pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved cabinet. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, portions being broken away to expose other parts to view. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the cabinet as viewed from the opposite side. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional elevation on the line a-a of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line b-b of Fig. 1.

' Referring to the drawings: 1 represents a casing or cabinet consisting of a lowersection 2 and an upper section 3- of less depth than the lower section and terminating at the front edge some distance in rear of the front of the lower section, as fully shown in Fig. 2. By this construction a horizontal ledge 4-- will extend in front of the upper section at its base, which ledge gives support to a folding kneading board 5 when it is extended, said board being pivoted at the base of the upper section near its front edge. When not in use the board may be folded upward to a vertical position,'in which case it will extend o entirely across and cover the front of the upper section.

Theupper section is divided by a vertical partition 6- into two compartments, that'at the left containing a tilting bin 7*, above which is a shelf 8 and an open compartment I 9, while the compartment at the right contains in its upper part two rows of drawers 10 and below the same two compartments l1 and 12-- one above the other. Beneath the two compartments, the upper section is provided with two additional open compartments l3- and 14. The three compartments 11, 12 and 14 are comparatively narrow, extending but half the distance from the front to the rear of the upper section of the cabinet, the space in rear of them being utilized by the provision of two endwise sliding drawers 15- and 16, of like dimensions, and a compartment 17- below the same, closed by a door as shown in Fig. 2. I

The various compartments mentioned may be used for storing such household articles and substances as may suit the fancy, but I have found in practice, that the following distribution of articles is the most convenient, and the one I prefer to employ. The compartment 9 and shelf 8 for pie, fruits, &c., the bin 7- for sugar, the series of drawers 10- for spices, compartment ll for essences, compartment 12- for soda, &c., the compartment 13-: for a nutmeg grater and egg beater, compartment 14- for a rolling pin and cake cutters, the drawer 15 for knives and forks, 16 for spoons and compartment 17- for cake and pie tins.

The two sections are divided by two horizontal shelves l8 whichslide in guides extending endwise of the cabinet as shown in the several figures, the inner end of said shelves meeting at the center of the cabinet when they are pushed inward out of use.

When in this position, the shelf at the right constitutes a cover for a flour receptacle 19- to which access may be had for the purpose of filling it by drawing the shelf endwise outward within its guides, as shown in Fig. 4.

The flour bin or receptacle is formed with an inclined sloping bottom containing an opening controlled by a slide 20, which opening leads to a drawer 21, containing a sifting 9o device 22. The sifting device is seated removably in the upper part of the drawer beneath the opening in the bottom of the bin,

and comprises a downwardly inclined perforate casing 29-- within which is journaled a 5 shaft 30- extending in a fore and aft direction to which shaft is secured a series of agi-, tating arms. At its front end the shaft is formed to receive a removable crank 31- ex-' tending inward from the outside of the drawer through an opening in the front of the same. From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the desired quantity of flour may be admitted to the sifter by withdrawing the slide and pushing it back again to cutoff the supply. After the flour thus admitted has been sifted the drawer may be removed bodily from the cabinet, the sifter removed from the drawer by detaching its crank, and the refuse discharged. By thus arranging for the bodily removal of the sitter and its receptacle, the device may be used without respect to its location in the cabinet, for sifting meal, buckwheat, &c.

The fionr bin is separated from the left-hand portion of the lower section by a vertical partition 23,and the compartment at the left thus formed contains three drawers 24, 25, arranged one above the other. The drawer 24, may be used for storing buckwheat flour, for graham flour, and 2G for corn meal.

To the left-hand side of the upper section of the cabinet I pivot on horizontal axes extending in a fore and aft direction, three shelves 27-- which are so formed and connected to the cabinet, that they may be extended in a horizontal position for use or folded vertically alongside the cabinet when not in use. I propose to attach to the opposite side of the cabinetafoldingshelf 28, similar to those just described. These shelves may be employed with advantage to hold articles which will thus be out of the way.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- Ina kitchen cabinet the combination with a casing, of a flour bin therein, a discharge slide at its bottom, a removable drawer mounted in the casing immediately beneath the slide, a perforate casing removably sustained in the upper part of said drawer, a shaft mounted in the casing wholly within the drawer and provided with agitating arms and a removable crank extending through the front of the drawer and applied to the end of the shaft; whereby by the removal of the crank from the shaft the latter and its sustaining casing may be lifted from the drawer to permit of the discharge of the sittings.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 21st day of July, 1894, in the pres: enceof two attesting witnesses.

JNO. B. CLINE.

Witnesses:

A. S. GILLILAND, G. G. LAWRENCE. 

